• Introduction: The Nation Sounds


• 1: Composing for an Incipient Nation


• 2: Recuperating a National Past: The Bayanihan Philippine Dance Company


• 3: Consolidating a National Present: The Cultural Center of the Philippines


• 4: Embodying the New Society: The Philippine Madrigal Singers


• 5: Reviving the Spirit of Revolution: Songs of EDSA


• 6: Conclusion: Celebration and Recapitulation


• Notes


• Bibliography


• Index

Christi-Anne Castro is an ethnomusicologist and is Associate Professor of Musicology, University of Michigan. She is a long-time performer of Filipino rondalla, a string ensemble that plays music ranging from folk to classical to popular.

The first cultural history of the Philippines during the twentieth century, Musical Renderings of the Philippine Nation focuses on the relationships between music, performance, and ideologies of nation. Spanning the hundred years from the Filipino-American War to the 1998 Centennial celebration of the independence of the nation from Spain, the book has added emphasis on the period after World War II. Through both archival research and ethnographic fieldwork, author Christi-Anne Castro reveals how individuals and groups negotiate with and contest the power of the Philippine state to define the nation as a modern and hybrid entity within a global community.